October Art Picks

Featured Image: An abstract image made from varying colored tissue papers. Illustration by Ryan Edmund Thiel.

If you’ve followed us for a while, you know that our Art Picks offer a wide scope of events that are relevant to our audiences because we and the artists, cultural workers, curators, spaces, and projects we support live full lives that know no boundaries. We maintain expansive practices and work toward justice for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disability communities in Chicago and the Midwest.  

Created in collaboration with The Visualist, Chicago’s leading visual arts calendar. Click here to get our Art Picks and latest articles delivered to your inbox monthly.

This is a growing list, so check back often with new additions.

This month, the first Chicago Arts Census will be initiated. The Chicago Arts Census is the first comprehensive, cross-discipline data collection effort in the city created by and with the art workers of Chicago. The Census is a collaboration between ACRE and Annas in partnership with Sixty Inches From Center, DataMade, and C.A.M.P.

The Census is built to amplify our voices as art workers in Chicago, serve as an advocacy tool fighting for better working, living, and making conditions, and create opportunities for coalition-building across art sectors. It will open in October 2021 and close in late Winter 2021. Visit their website to learn more and stay updated.

Sixty is excited to be an editorial partner for the Chicago Arts Census and will be producing a series of articles to explore the living, labor, and material realities of art workers in the city of Chicago. Click here to view our first installment of this editorial series.

FEATURED EVENTS:

Sat, October 2, 1-4:30pm
Art Design Chicago: Revisiting the Wall of Respect and the Black Arts Movement
Blanc Gallery: 4445 S Martin Luther King Dr., Chicago, IL
Free

Wed, October 13, 6pm
Art Design Chicago: Designing the “Chicago Avant-Garde” Identity
Newberry Library: 60 W Walton St., Chicago, IL
Free

Tue, October 26, 6-7pm
Art Design Chicago: A Discussion with Chicago’s Cultural Changemakers
Design Museum of Chicago: Online
Free

October 2 – November 5, 2021
Terrain Biennial
Terrain Exhibitions: Oak Park, IL
Free

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Through October 2, 2021
A Bridge to Uncertainty
Beeler Gallery: 60 Cleveland Ave. in Columbus, OH
Free

Through October 9, 2021
D. Rosen & Vanessa Viruet: Class & Classification
Roots & Culture: 1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 9, 2021
alt_Chicago: In Observance of Bedlam
St. Ambrose University: 518 W. Locust Street Davenport, IA
Free

Through October 10, 2021
Weavers Home
Hans Gallery: 2000 W. Carroll Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 10, 2021
Claudia Hart: The Unfolding
Haynes: 3050 S Haynes Ct, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 15, 2021
blue/Black/baby smiles, singin’ to a an old river–we hear you coming
SPACES: 2900 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 
Free

Through October 16, 2021
Unyimeabasi Udoh: Title Case
Tiger Strikes Asteroid: 2233 S Throop St., Unit 419, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 16, 2021
Collecting x Designing
M Contemporary Art: 205 E. 9 Mile, Ferndale, MI
Free

Through October 16, 2021
rock, paper, scissors
ADDS Donna: 3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 16, 2021
The Living Daylights
Cleaner Gallery + Projects: 1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 16, 2021
Shir Ende and Lancer Livermont: Proposals and Speculations
Riverside Art Center: 32 E. Quincy St., Riverside, IL
Free

Through October 16, 2021
Stephen Williams: “…a melting, born to wall off the crystallized sun.”
65Grand: 3252 W. North Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 16, 2021
Kara Walker: Presenting Negro Scenes Drawn Upon My Passage through the South and Reconfigured for the Benefit of Enlightened Audiences Wherever Such May Be Found, By Myself, Missus K.E.B. Walker, Colored
DuSable Museum of African American History: 740 E 56th Pl, Chicago IL
$0-$14.50

Through October 17, 2021
Bea Fremderman: Barren Island
Prairie: 2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 17, 2021
Taylor and Grant Lewandowski: Pathology
Tube Factory: 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN 
Free

Through October 22, 2021
Jerrell Gibbs: Sounds of Color: Recorded Memories
Mariane Ibrahim Gallery: 437 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 22, 2021
Third Floor Gallery: Later Impressions
Bridgeport Art Center: 1200 W. 35th Street, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 24, 2021
José Villalobos: The Measure of a Cock
FLXST Contemporary: 2251 S Michigan Ave. Suite 220 Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 24, 2021
Rayyane Tabet: Deep Blues
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN
$0-$7.50

Through October 24, 2021
The Human Scale
Rochester Art Center: 30 Civic Center Drive SE, STE 120, Rochester, MN
$0-$5

Through October 30, 2021
Tender to the Bone
Goldfinch Gallery: 319 N. Albany, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 30, 2021
Collaborating with the Archive
Filter Photo: 1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 30, 2021
a forest of signs, goth collages, and aphorisms
Belong Gallery: 2712 W. North Avenue, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 30, 2021
David Shrobe: Riding the Wind’s Back
Monique Meloche: 451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 30, 2021
Claude Viallat
Document: 1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 30, 2021
Dutes Miller: Le Toucher
Western Exhibitions: 1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 30, 2021
Nazafarin Lotfi: Maps of No Return
Regards: 2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 
Free

Through October 30, 2021
Jean Alexander Frater: Reform
Aspect/Ratio Projects: 864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 31, 2021
Courtney Stephens: Perfect Fifths
Werner Center for the Arts: Online
Free

Every Wednesday in October, 6pm
Tanda Fall 2021 x AMFM
Online or In person at Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
Free

October 1, 2021-March 20, 2022
Fantasy Figures: Surrealist Works on Paper from the Art Center’s Collection
Des Moines Art Center: 4700 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA
Free

Fri, October 1, 11:30am-2pm
Ear Taxi Festival: Hear Chicago
DePaul Art Museum: 935 W Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, October 1, 12-1pm
Photos at Noon: Photography as Social Practice
Museum of Contemporary Photography: 600 S Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, October 1, 2-3pm
Making AI Art Responsibly: Artist and AI Co-creation
STEM Teaching and Learning Facility: 642 Red Cedar Rd, East Lansing, MI
Free

Fri, October 1, 5-8pm
Deep Cuts
Chicago Artists Coalition: 2130 W Fulton St., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, October 1, 5-8pm
Maryam Taghavi: A Form By Which To Be Possessed
Chicago Artists Coalition: 2130 W Fulton St., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, October 1, 5-8pm
Lee Stanton: Shadow Walks
ARC Gallery: 1463 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, October 1, 6pm
Feelin’ Groovy w/ Sonorama Discos & Dos Santos
Hideout Inn: 1354 W Wabansia Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, October 1, 6pm
Way Out West: An Art West Anniversary Art Show
ART WEST: 801 S California Ave., Chicago, IL
$35-150

Fri, October 1, 6-10pm
Forever Golden: The Life and Times of Jason Brooks (The Sevenist)
Elephant Room Gallery: 704 S Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, October 1, 7pm
Sam Prekop and Levinson/Mahlmeister: Side Yard Sounds
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
$15

Fri, October 1, 7-9:30pm
The MIYUMI Project
Elastic Arts: 3429 W. Diversey #208, Chicago, IL
$15

Fri, October 1, 7-10pm
a forest of signs, goth collage and aphorisms
belong gallery: 2712 W North Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 2, 12-3pm
Whose Lakefront: public art event
Downtown Chicago: Michigan Avenue between Roosevelt and Wacker
Free

Sat, October 2, 12-4pm
Mara Baker: Chameleon Blind: Mirror Image
Space & Time: 3307 W. Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 2, 1pm
Ephraim Asili: THE INHERITANCE
Block Museum of Art: 40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL
Free

Sat, October 2, 4-5pm
HATORADE RETROGRADE: THE MUSICAL
Henry C. Palmisano Nature Park: 2700 S Halsted St., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 2, 5-9pm
Paige Alice Naylor: Sonant Arboretum
Elastic Arts: 3429 W. Diversey #208, Chicago, IL
$15

Sat, October 2, 6-10pm
Mud Puddling
LVL3 Gallery: 1542 N Milwaukee Ave #3, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 2, 6:30-8:30pm
Makaya McCraven in Conversation and Performance
Harold Washington Cultural Center: 4701 S Martin Luther King Dr., Chicago, IL
$10-20

Sat, October 2, 7pm
TQC: Tone Glow presents
Experimental Sound Studio: Online
$5

Sat, October 2, 9pm
research & development
Sleeping Village: 3734 W Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL
$15

Sun, October 3, 3-5pm
Lost Lives: Youth Behind Bars, A Panel Discussion
MSU Broad Art Museum: 547 E Circle Dr, East Circle Dr, East Lansing, MI
free

Sun, October 3, 11am-2pm
Dealer’s Choice
Material: 2025 W Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, October 3, 12-1pm
Inflorescence: Virtual Artist Talk
Heaven Gallery: Online
Free

Sun, October 3, 3-7pm
Snake, the Hunter, and Bell
Comfort Station: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Mon, October 4, 8pm
OPTION: Quin Kirchner
Experimental Sound Studio: Online
$10

Mon, October 4, 8-10:30pm
Jake Victor Trio & Wills McKenna Quartet
Elastic Arts: 3429 W. Diversey #208, Chicago, IL
$15

Tues, October 5, 4-5:30pm
Abolition, Cultural Freedom, Liberation
Haymarket Books: Online
Free

Tues, October 5, 6-7:30pm
October Meetup – Beneath the Surface’s Black Women/Non-Binary discussion
Invisible Institute: Online
Free

Tues, October 5, 6:30-7:30pm
Chris Berti Artist Lecture
Giertz Gallery at Parkland College: Online
Free

Tues, October 5, 6:30-7:45pm
Amitav Ghosh: Lecture and Reading
School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Online
Free

October 7 – November 6, 2021
5th Midwest Open
Woman Made Gallery:  2150 S Canalport Ave, 4A-3, Chicago, IL
Free

Thurs, October 7, 6-7:30pm
jina valentine in conversation with Mimi Onuoha
Glass Curtain Gallery: Online
Free

Thurs, October 7, 6-7pm
Storytelling, Climate Justice, and Self-Determined Indigenous Futures
Newberry Library: Online
Free

Thurs, October 7, 6:30-8pm
Mutual Aid is Our Future: Time Salon
Heaven Gallery: 1550 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Thurs, October 7, 8-11pm
Mark Feldman Solo & Ochs /Robinson Duo
Elastic Arts: 3429 W. Diversey #208, Chicago, IL
$15

October 8, 10am-4:30pm
Relational Futures: A Symposium for Indigenous Land, Water, and Environment
Logan Center for the Arts: 915 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL
Free

October 8-December 17, 2021
Stephen Yusko: The Way Things Go
The Sculpture Center: 1834 E 123rd St, Cleveland, OH
free

October 8, 2021 – January 2, 2022
Grand Prototypes, Humble Tools
Transformer Station: 1460 West 29th St, Cleveland, OH
Free

Fri, October 8, 5-10pm
Common Gesture
Oliva Gallery: 3816 W Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, October 8, 6-7pm
Opening Reception: Arte, Cultura y Resistencia
Chicago Art Department: 1926 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL
Free

October 9, 2021-January 9, 2022
Al Harris-Fernandez: Abstracted
Sioux City Art Center: 225 Nebraska St, Sioux City, Iowa
Free

Sat, October 9, 2-9pm
Terrain Biennial & Compound Yellow Open House Group Show
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake StreetOak Park, IL
Free

Sat, October 9, 1-1:30pm
Kwame Alexander: Reading for Young People
Poetry Foundation: Online
Free

Sat, October 9, 1:30-2:30pm
Dawn Turner: Three Girls from Bronzeville
Venue SIX10: 610 S Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
$10-20

Sat, October 9, 2pm
Shir Ende and Lancer Livermont: Proposals and Speculations: Artists’ Talk
Riverside Arts Center: 32 E. Quincy St., Riverside, IL
free

Sat, October 9, 1-8pm
NOISE PROM 3
Comfort Station Logan Square: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
$5

Sat, October 9, 4pm
Virtual Conversation: Marda Dunsky & Sahar Mustafah
Women & Children First Bookstore: Online
Online

Sat, October 9, 6:30-7:30pm
Women in Jazz with Tammy McCann
Venue SIX10: 610 S Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
$10-20

Sat, October 9, 2021
Rosworld: a tribute show for Rafael Rojas
All Star Press: 2775 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

October 10, 2021-January 9, 2022
leave me letters and dust
Apparatus Projects: 2501 N Spaulding Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, October 10, 11am-2pm
Dia De Muertos Workshop
Comfort Station: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, October 10, 1-4pm
Indira Freitas Johnson: The Resonance of Emptiness
Evanston Art Center: 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Free

Sun, October 10, 4:30-6pm
Archetypes: Film Screening and Conversation with Third Coast Percussion
Venue SIX10: 610 S Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
$10-20

Sun, October 10, 5:30-6:30pm
Kyle Beachy with Bing Liu: The Most Fun Thing
Columbia College Chicago – Student Center: 754 S Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL
$10-20

October 11 – December 14, 2021
Reimagining the Global Village
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design: 273 E. Erie Street, Milwaukee, WI
Free

Tues, October 12, 6-7:30pm
Jonathan Michael Castillo: Artist Talk
C33 Gallery: Online
Free

Tues, October 12, 6-8pm
In Progress: Benji Hart
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Tues, October 12, 6-10pm
Hearth: The ACRE Annual Benefit
Bungalow by Middlebrow: 2840 W Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL
$50-1000

Tues, October 12, 6:30-7:45pm
Shirin Neshat
School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Online
free

Tues, October 12, 7-8pm
Open Door Reading Series Online: Matt Bodett, Amanda Goldblatt, Isaías Rogel & Ricardo Mondragon
Poetry Foundation: Online
Free

Tues, October 12, 6pm
Artist Talk: De Sangre, De Tierra y De Oro
AMFM & Compound Yellow: Online
Free

Tues, October 12, 6pm
Artist Talk: De Sangre, De Tierra y De Oro
AMFM: Online
Free

Wed, October 13, 12pm
BMRC FELLOWS PRESENTATION SERIES
Black Metropolis Research Consortium: online
Free

Wed, October 13, 6pm
Lecture in Photography: Carolyn Drake
Museum of Contemporary Photography: 600 S Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Wed, October 13, 7pm
Retelling Resistance: CEDDO
Block Museum of Art: 40 Arts Cir Dr., Chicago, IL
Free

Wed, October 13, 7:30pm
HereToo-COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO and AMERICAN ORIGAMI
The Getz Theatre Center: 600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
$10-15

Wed, October 13, 12pm
BMRC FELLOWS PRESENTATION SERIES
Black Metropolis Research Consortium: Online
Free

October 14-17, 2021
End of the Rainbow
CSPS Hall: 1103 Third St SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Free

Thurs, October 14, 5-6pm
Bethany Collins and Sampada Aranke: About Looking
Gallery 400: Online
Free

Thurs, October 14, 8:30-11pm
Catalytic Sound Festival
Elastic Arts: 3429 W. Diversey #208, Chicago, IL
$25-60

Thurs, October 14, 9:30pm
F.A.B.L.E w/ Dai
Hideout Inn: 1354 W Wabansia Ave., Chicago, IL
$12-15

October 15-17, 2021
Film Festival: Industry Days
Chicago Film Festival: various locations downtown Chicago, IL
$50-$`100

October 15-29, 2021
Obama: An Intimate Portrait
The Arcade: 618 S Michigan Ave
Free

October 15-29, 2021
Benefit Art Auction Exhibition
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: 724 S. 12th St, Omaha, NE
Free

October 15 – November 21, 2021
Our Tomorrow Happened Yesterday
Blanc Gallery: 4445 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, October 15, 5-6:30pm
Tomashi Jackson in Conversation with Amanda Williams
Gallery 400: online
Free

Fri, October 15, 6-9pm
hiba ali: in the weeds
Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, October 15, 6-9pm
Michelle Wasson: On Feronia
Epiphany Center for the Arts: 201 S Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, October 15, 5pm
Open: Virtual Screening & Discussion
Ralph Arnold Gallery: Online
Free

Fri, October 15, 6:30-9pm
Pants Without Legs
The Martin: 2500 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, October 15, 6-9pm
The Backward River Festival
Co-Prosperity: 3219-21 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat/Sun, October 16/17, 11am-7pm
The Backward River Festival
Eleanor Street Boathouse: 2828 S. Eleanor St., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 16, 5-8pm
Still Life
The Franklin: 3522 Franklin Blvd., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 16, 12-3pm
Sacred Keepers
Chi Resists & Love Fridge Chicago: 4445 S. King Dr., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 16, 6-9pm
Amina Ross: Man’s Country
Iceberg Projects: 7714 N Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL
free

Sat, October 16, 8pm
Arooj Aftab
Wexner Center for the Arts: 1871 N High St, Columbus, Ohio
$10-15

Sat, October 16, 6pm
Poetry Night: POURING!
The Hideout: 1354 West Wabansia Ave., Chicago, IL
$10

Sat, October 16, 2pm
Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues
Bronzeville Historical Society: Parkway Ballroom, 4455 S. MLK Dr. Suite 103, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 16, 5:30-6:30pm
Anatomy for Interior w/Lia Kohl, Jasmine Mendoza, & Corey Smith
Comfort Station: 2579 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat/Sun, October 16/17, 12-8pm
18th Street Pilsen Open Studios
Pilsen Arts Community House: Online or in person @ various locations in Pilsen, Chicago, IL
Free

October 16, 2021 – March 2, 2022
E/Merge: Art of the Indian Diaspora
National Indo-American Museum: 6328 N. California Ave, Chicago, IL
$3-$5

October 17, 2021 – May 6, 2022
Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center: 9603 Woods Dr., Skokie, IL
Free

Mon, October 18, 3-4:30pm
Voices: Onyeka Igwe
Gallery 400: Online
Free

Mon, October 18, 7pm
Virtual Reading: DEAR MEMORY by Victoria Chang
Women & Children First Bookstore: Online
Free

Tues, October 19, 12-1:30pm
Hito Steyerl
School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Online
free

Tues, October 19, 5-8pm
Family Resemblance Panel Discussion: A Conversation with Chicago’s Iconic Graffiti Writers
Epiphany Center for the Arts: Online
Free

Wed, October 20, 6pm
Lecture in Photography: Andres Gonzalez
Museum of Contemporary Photography: 600 S Michigan Ave
Free

Wed, October 20, 6pm
Students Shape the Collection: Artist Talk with Leonard Suryajaya
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University: 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL
Free

Wed, October 20, 7-8pm
SIDEBAR: Devin T. Mays, Caroline Kent, Theaster Gates, & Zachary Cahill
Gray Center for Arts & Inquiry: Online
Free

October 21-22, 2021
Crip* Colloquium
Krannert Art Museum: 500 E Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL
free

October 21, 2021-January 9, 2022
HANNAH TOTICKI: UNIVERSAL HUMAN RESOURCE
MOCAD: 4454 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
Free

October 21, 2021-January 9, 2022
JEANNETTE EHLERS: TAKE ROOT
MOCAD: 4454 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
Free

Thurs, October 21, 9pm
SMALL WORLD BIG LOVE TOUR: mike / liv.e w/ Sideshow
Sleeping Village: 3734 W Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL
$15

Thurs, October 21, 6:30-8pm
Mutual Aid is Our Future: The Offers & Needs Market
Equity Arts: Heaven Gallery, 1550 N Milwaukee Ave., 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL
Free

Thurs, October 21, 6-7:30pm
Issues in Black Archival Work
Zimmerli Art Museum: Online
Free

October 22-23, 2021
The Era Footwork Crew: IN THE WURKZ
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
$22.50-28.50

October 22-24, 2021
Afrofuturist Weekend
Elastic Arts: 3429 W. Diversey #208
$10

Fri, October 22, 7-9pm
Nowhere to Hide (Presented in collaboration with the Broad Underground Film Series)
MSU Broad Art Museum: 547 E Circle Dr, East Circle Dr, East Lansing, MI
Free

Fri, October 22, 6-10pm
Jennifer Cronin: There is Still Magic Here
Elephant Room Gallery: 704 S Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, October 22, 9:30pm
mike / liv.e
Cactus Club: 2496 S Wentworth Ave, Milwaukee, Chicago, IL
$15

Fri, October 22, 6-8pm
The Balm: Art for Black Women Opening Reception
South Side Community Art Center: 3831 South Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 23, 1:30-2:30pm
Sutton Foster on How Crafting Saved her Life
Chicago Humanities Festival: Columbia College Chicago Student Center – 754 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL
$0-$55

Sat, October 23, 3-8pm
Kiyomi’s Caricature Pop-Up
KONBiNi & KANPAi: 1433 W Belmont, Chicago, IL 
Free

Sat, October 23, 9:30pm
Flowurz w/ Cldwaterr
Hideout Inn: 1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL
$12-15

Sat, October 23, 11am-6pm
Closet Clearance Sale 2021
The Center for Intuitive & Outsider Art: 756 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 23, 3-4:30pm
Change the Name: Short Documentary Screening + Conversation
Arts + Public Life: Green Line Performing Arts Center, 329 East Garfield Boulevard, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 23, 12-5pm
Pop-Up Marktet + Performance: Canal Irreal Riesgo
Chicago Art Department: 1926 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, October 24, 12-5pm
Closet Clearance Sale 2021
The Center for Intuitive & Outsider Art: 756 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, October 23, 1-5pm
Alexandra Antoine: “i followed the drinking gourd and it led me to myself/love/healing/community”
Lawndale Pop-Up Spot: Love Blooms Here Plaza Douglas Blvd. & Central Park Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

October 23, 2021 – February 12, 2022
Patrick Earl Hammie: I am…Legend
Freeport Art Museum: 121 N Harlem Ave. Freeport, IL
Suggested donation: $3-$10

October 23, 2021 – February 12, 2022
Tyanna J. Buie: EMBODIMENT(S)
Freeport Art Museum: 121 N Harlem Ave. Freeport, IL
Suggested donation: $3-$10

Mon, October 25, 4-6pm
Vida Sačić: Press and Clay
Robert F. DiCaprio Art Gallery at Moraine Valley Community College: 9000 College Pkwy, Palos Hills, IL
Free

Mon, October 25, 8pm
OPTION: JayVe Montgomery
Experimental Sound Studio: Online
$10

Wed, October 27, 6pm
Nicole Marroquin in conversation with Allison Peters Quinn
DePaul Art Museum: Online
Free

Thurs, October 28, 6pm
Flutronix Premieres Black Being
The Arts Club of Chicago: Online
Free

Thurs, October 28, 6-7:30pm
Moments In-Between: Ceramic Apprenticeship Virtual Artist Talk
Hyde Park Art Center: Online
Free

Thurs, October 28, 6-7:30pm
jina valentine in conversation with Tracie Hall
Glass Curtain Gallery: Online
Free

October 28 – December 4, 2021
Say Less: David Leggett
Anthony Gallery: 470 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL
Free

October 29 – November 29, 2021
In Good Hands
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
Free

Fri, October 29, 8pm
Kayhan Kalhor and Brooklyn Rider
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
$28.50-35.50

Fri, October 29, 3-4pm
RAISIN Artist Talk: Unyimeabasi Udoh, Tran Tran, and Diya Khurana
6018|North: Online
Free

October 29 – December 11, 2021
Bo Jackson: Esau McGhee + James Jankowiak
Cleaner Gallery + Projects: 1856 N Richmond St., Chicago, IL
Free

October 30 – December 11, 2021
Both And
Tiger Strikes Asteroid: 2233 S Throop St, #419, Chicago, IL
Free

October 30-December 18, 2021
Guzzo Pinc
Devening Projects: 3039 West Carroll Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

October 30-December 18, 2021
Allison Wade
Devening Projects: 3039 West Carroll Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 30, 11am-5pm
Artist Run Chicago Bike Tour
Hyde Park Art Center: Participants will meet in front of the the Garfield Park Conservatory (300 N Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL)
Free

Sat, October 30, 12-3pm
Closet Clearance Sale 2021
The Center for Intuitive & Outsider Art: 756 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 30, 2pm
Black Theater: The Making of a Movement
Bronzeville Historical Society: Parkway Ballroom, 4455 S. MLK Dr., Suite 103, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 30, 12pm-12pm
Bronzeville Historical Society Grand Opening
Bronzeville Historical Society: 4455 S. King Drive, Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, October 31, 9pm
pixel grip, kanga, rare dm
Sleeping Village: 3734 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL
$12

Sun October 30, 4pm-midnight
Halloween Extravaganza!
Epiphany Arts: 201 S Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, October 31, 12-3pm
Eternal Network – 2021
Terrain Biennial: 616 N. Taylor Ave., Oak Park, IL
Free